Programs and Activities
STAR Lawyer Training Program, March 5 – April 30, 2008.
The ALDC is pleased to offer classes to lawyers, recent law-school graduates, and law students to learn success skills and habits. This signature program provides training in a relaxed, problem-solving learning environment that can be applied the next day.
The ALDC provides training on these and other topics:
n How to form relationships with partners
n How to get substantive feedback from partners and senior counsel
n How to be a good mentee
n How to communicate effectively
n How to practice an ownership attitude
n How to avoid the worst associate mistakes
n How to interpret documents
n How to balance work and life
n How to be a “go to” lawyer
Leadership:
Currently, ALDC leadership consist of five Officers and more than 20 Board Directors. Non-Board members consist of numerous organizations and individuals in the Atlanta legal community
Officers:
President: Sam Matchett, Esq. – Partner, King & Spalding LLP
Vice President: Steve Bernstein, Esq. – Fisher & Phillips LLP
Secretary: Jill M. Harrison, Esq. – Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, PLLC
Treasurer: Roy Hadley, Esq. - Locke, Lord, Bissell & Liddell LLP
Administrative Director: Joel V. Peddle